diff --git a/container/libcontainer/handler.go b/container/libcontainer/handler.go
index 18c465f2..c06ceb3b 100644
--- a/container/libcontainer/handler.go
+++ b/container/libcontainer/handler.go
@@ -123,6 +123,18 @@ func (h *Handler) GetStats() (*info.ContainerStats, error) {
 			stats.Network.Udp6 = u6
 		}
 	}
+	if h.includedMetrics.Has(container.ProcessMetrics) {
+		paths := h.cgroupManager.GetPaths()
+		path, ok := paths["cpu"]
+		if !ok {
+			glog.V(4).Infof("Could not find cgroups CPU for container %d", h.pid)
+		} else {
+			stats.Processes, err = processStatsFromProcs(h.rootFs, path)
+			if err != nil {
+				glog.V(4).Infof("Unable to get Process Stats: %v", err)
+			}
+		}
+	}
 
 	// For backwards compatibility.
 	if len(stats.Network.Interfaces) > 0 {
@@ -132,6 +144,41 @@ func (h *Handler) GetStats() (*info.ContainerStats, error) {
 	return stats, nil
 }
 
+func processStatsFromProcs(rootFs string, cgroupPath string) (info.ProcessStats, error) {
+	var fdCount uint64
+	filePath := path.Join(cgroupPath, "cgroup.procs")
+	out, err := ioutil.ReadFile(filePath)
+	if err != nil {
+		return info.ProcessStats{}, fmt.Errorf("couldn't open cpu cgroup procs file %v : %v", filePath, err)
+	}
+
+	pids := strings.Split(string(out), "\n")
+
+	// EOL is also treated as a new line while reading "cgroup.procs" file with ioutil.ReadFile.
+	// The last value is an empty string "". Ex: pids = ["22", "1223", ""]
+	// Trim the last value
+	if len(pids) != 0 && pids[len(pids)-1] == "" {
+		pids = pids[:len(pids)-1]
+	}
+
+	for _, pid := range pids {
+		dirPath := path.Join(rootFs, "/proc", pid, "fd")
+		fds, err := ioutil.ReadDir(dirPath)
+		if err != nil {
+			glog.V(4).Infof("error while listing directory %q to measure fd count: %v", dirPath, err)
+			continue
+		}
+		fdCount += uint64(len(fds))
+	}
+
+	processStats := info.ProcessStats{
+		ProcessCount: uint64(len(pids)),
+		FdCount:      fdCount,
+	}
+
+	return processStats, nil
+}
+
 func schedulerStatsFromProcs(rootFs string, pids []int, pidMetricsCache map[int]*info.CpuSchedstat) (info.CpuSchedstat, error) {
 	for _, pid := range pids {
 		f, err := os.Open(path.Join(rootFs, "proc", strconv.Itoa(pid), "schedstat"))
diff --git a/info/v1/container.go b/info/v1/container.go
index b3a18528..b54233d5 100644
--- a/info/v1/container.go
+++ b/info/v1/container.go
@@ -557,6 +557,14 @@ type AcceleratorStats struct {
 	DutyCycle uint64 `json:"duty_cycle"`
 }
 
+type ProcessStats struct {
+	// Number of processes
+	ProcessCount uint64 `json:"process_count"`
+
+	// Number of open file descriptors
+	FdCount uint64 `json:"fd_count"`
+}
+
 type ContainerStats struct {
 	// The time of this stat point.
 	Timestamp time.Time    `json:"timestamp"`
@@ -574,6 +582,9 @@ type ContainerStats struct {
 	// Metrics for Accelerators. Each Accelerator corresponds to one element in the array.
 	Accelerators []AcceleratorStats `json:"accelerators,omitempty"`
 
+	// ProcessStats for Containers
+	Processes ProcessStats `json:"processes,omitempty"`
+
 	// Custom metrics from all collectors
 	CustomMetrics map[string][]MetricVal `json:"custom_metrics,omitempty"`
 }
diff --git a/metrics/prometheus.go b/metrics/prometheus.go
index 6f01d606..c88c67c4 100644
--- a/metrics/prometheus.go
+++ b/metrics/prometheus.go
@@ -840,6 +840,26 @@ func NewPrometheusCollector(i infoProvider, f ContainerLabelsFunc, includedMetri
 			},
 		}...)
 	}
+	if includedMetrics.Has(container.ProcessMetrics) {
+		c.containerMetrics = append(c.containerMetrics, []containerMetric{
+			{
+				name:      "container_processes",
+				help:      "Number of processes running inside the container.",
+				valueType: prometheus.GaugeValue,
+				getValues: func(s *info.ContainerStats) metricValues {
+					return metricValues{{value: float64(s.Processes.ProcessCount)}}
+				},
+			},
+			{
+				name:      "container_file_descriptors",
+				help:      "Number of open file descriptors for the container.",
+				valueType: prometheus.GaugeValue,
+				getValues: func(s *info.ContainerStats) metricValues {
+					return metricValues{{value: float64(s.Processes.FdCount)}}
+				},
+			},
+		}...)
+	}
 
 	return c
 }
@@ -932,10 +952,6 @@ func (c *PrometheusCollector) collectContainersInfo(ch chan<- prometheus.Metric)
 		}
 	}
 
-	psReqOpt := v2.RequestOptions{
-		IdType: v2.TypeName,
-	}
-
 	for _, cont := range containers {
 		values := make([]string, 0, len(rawLabels))
 		labels := make([]string, 0, len(rawLabels))
@@ -969,21 +985,6 @@ func (c *PrometheusCollector) collectContainersInfo(ch chan<- prometheus.Metric)
 			ch <- prometheus.MustNewConstMetric(desc, prometheus.GaugeValue, specMemoryValue(cont.Spec.Memory.Reservation), values...)
 		}
 
-		if c.includedMetrics.Has(container.ProcessMetrics) {
-			psList, err := c.infoProvider.GetProcessList(cont.Name, psReqOpt)
-			if err == nil {
-				desc = prometheus.NewDesc("container_processes", "Number of processes running inside the container.", labels, nil)
-				ch <- prometheus.MustNewConstMetric(desc, prometheus.GaugeValue, float64(len(psList)), values...)
-
-				var fd int
-				for _, ps := range psList {
-					fd += ps.FdCount
-				}
-				desc = prometheus.NewDesc("container_file_descriptors", "Number of open file descriptors for the container.", labels, nil)
-				ch <- prometheus.MustNewConstMetric(desc, prometheus.GaugeValue, float64(fd), values...)
-			}
-		}
-
 		// Now for the actual metrics
 		if len(cont.Stats) == 0 {
 			continue
diff --git a/metrics/prometheus_test.go b/metrics/prometheus_test.go
index ddaab830..38b5df0f 100644
--- a/metrics/prometheus_test.go
+++ b/metrics/prometheus_test.go
@@ -252,6 +252,10 @@ func (p testSubcontainersInfoProvider) SubcontainersInfo(string, *info.Container
 							DutyCycle:   6,
 						},
 					},
+					Processes: info.ProcessStats{
+						ProcessCount: 1,
+						FdCount:      5,
+					},
 					TaskStats: info.LoadStats{
 						NrSleeping:        50,
 						NrRunning:         51,